Awesome Casey. I have to say I enjoy standing around out in the cold and watching the kids ride more than I like to ride these days, their smiles and laughs are worth it. Can't wait to fire the kids sleds up and get them ready, I think it's time to get the go fast parts back on Carter's machine and let him rip..

BTW, thanks for doing the meeting at your place last night Jim, hope you don't have to spend 8 hours cleaning up after the clubs mess.. haha your garage is clean as a science lab.

Sup Boys! Long time no check in here! Funny how you guys talk about kids... and funnier how they change your priorities! Whats a snowmobile? haha

Guy at work asked if I knew anyone interested in a sled, and the fact that it looks to be a real nice clean well maintained sled, I thought I'd pass it on!

"Here is the info on the sled I was talking to you about yesterday. My dad is selling it. If you happen to know anyone that is interested let me know. Otherwise we’ll probably go the bisman route next week. No worries either way, just thought I would ask people I know first.

2000 Arctic Cat – Z 440.
15 inch wide track
2,937 miles
Stored inside.
Starts and runs. I rode it some last winter.
He just doesn’t use it much. Just getting to hard for him to move it around, load and unload it as he’s getting older.
If you have any thoughts on price I’d be open to what you might think. You probably have a better idea what it is worth."

They closed a week ago, they just opened again to try and sell off some remaining inventory. Apparently the owner and "textron offroad" didn't see eye to eye so he told them to shove it. No Cat dealers in Minot or Bisman anymore.

Wow. Sad deal for them and the Cat brand. I wonder when they (corporate) will quit pushing their dealers out of the market. Pretty hard to sell a product, even to the guys that bleed cat, when the nearest dealer is 200+ miles away...

Planet still has sleds from 2014 in the crate they are paying interest on that they are unable to sell without taking a big loss. All these corporations shove more sleds down dealers throats then they can sell. Cat and Polaris seem to be the worst at doing this,which ends in the dealers dropping the line or closing completely. Doesn't seem like a great business strategy to me. Let the dealers order the amount of inventory they feel comfortable selling instead of being stuck with a pile of holdovers every year. All the heavily discounted holdovers hurts the used sled market as well.